The Chapel of the Eucharistic Lord

SM Megamall has opened this week its new and spacious chapel, the Chapel of the Eucharistic Lord. Dubbed as a megachapel by Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales, the new chapel can sit up to 1,000 people, has a Crying Room for the bawling babies and has a cellphone blocker that will surely avoid the instances where a cellphone will sound off at the middle of a mass.

The old, smaller chapel will now be an Adoration Chapel which is open during mall hours for those who want to spend some quiet moments with the Lord.

The new chapel is located at the 5th floor of SM Megamall's Mega Atrium area. It's chaplain is Fr. Joe Yu.

I would like to commend the efforts of the Sy Family particularly Mrs. Sy for putting up Philippine's largest chapel in a shopping mall. SM is the first shopping mall to hold regular masses when in 1985, SM North Edsa started its first mass. Families since then have started their Sunday get-togethers with a celebration of the Holy Eucharist.

Photos courtesy of Bro. Mon Velasquez